Nguyen Huy An

Biography
Known for performances that are almost meditative in the precision they are undertaken with, Nguyen Huy An measures, captures and consolidates what is intangible, formless and conceptual, using the most humble of materials: strands of hair, threads of textile, coal, ink, dust... The vividly shadowy and melancholic hue of these materials and the personal meaning Nguyen attaches to them  the hair of his mother, the textile threads of crafters from his childhood village  convey a yearning for fading times in the face of brutal modernity. 
 
Nguyen Huy An has participated in a number of exhibitions and performance art festivals over the last decade including Looking for the Divine Beings, Nha San Collective (2017); 14th Istanbul Biennial  SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms, curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Istanbul, Turkey (2015); Mien Meo Mieng/Contemporary Art from Vietnam, Bildmuseet, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden (2015); Residual: Disrupted Choreographies, Carré d'Art  Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nimes, France (2014); If The World Changed, Singapore Biennale (2013); sounds of dust (somniloquy), 943 Studio Kunming, China (2011); Anatomy of an assembly line with an error, Nha San Studio, Hanoi, Vietnam; Lim Dim, Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway (2009); Tam Ta, San Art, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (2009); and the Nippon International Performance Art Festival (NIPAF), Tokyo, Japan (2007). 
 
In 2010 he co-founded with artists Vu Duc Toan and Hoang Minh Duc the performance art collective The Appendix Group (Phu Luc). The group has performed in festivals in Vietnam, Singapore and China.
 
Nguyen Huy An currently lives and works in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Works
  • Nguyen Huy An, Pond, 2021
    Pond, 2021
  • Nguyen Huy An, Thuy Dinh, 2021
    Thuy Dinh, 2021
  • Nguyen Huy An, Tan Vien Mountain , 2019
    Tan Vien Mountain , 2019
  • Nguyen Huy An, Thuy Dinh #1, 2018
    Thuy Dinh #1, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, Thuy Dinh #2, 2018
    Thuy Dinh #2, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, Thuy Dinh #3, 2018
    Thuy Dinh #3, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, Boat no. 1, 2018
    Boat no. 1, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, Boat no. 2, 2018
    Boat no. 2, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, Boat no. 3, 2018
    Boat no. 3, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, light leaked landscape, 2018
    light leaked landscape, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, patterns, 2018
    patterns, 2018
  • Nguyen Huy An, đông cuông night, 2017
    đông cuông night, 2017
  • Nguyen Huy An, Untitled 3 - Pond Series, 2016
    Untitled 3 - Pond Series, 2016
  • Nguyen Huy An, Untitled 4 - Pond Series, 2016
    Untitled 4 - Pond Series, 2016
  • Nguyen Huy An, portrait, 2016
    portrait, 2016
  • Nguyen Huy An, Study of the Fluctuation of a Shadow, 2014
    Study of the Fluctuation of a Shadow, 2014
  • Nguyen Huy An, 1120 Steps Keangnam, 2012
    1120 Steps Keangnam, 2012
  • Nguyen Huy An, 78 rhythms of Vinh Tuy Bridge, 2012
    78 rhythms of Vinh Tuy Bridge, 2012
  • Nguyen Huy An, Untitled 2 - Pond Series, 2012
    Untitled 2 - Pond Series, 2012
  • Nguyen Huy An, The Roads, 2007
    The Roads, 2007
  • Nguyen Huy An, Untitled 1 - Pond Series, 2006
    Untitled 1 - Pond Series, 2006
Exhibitions